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I am a SAHM with four little girls. So as you can imagine, my life is hectic, dramatic and I love it!!! Being creative is my therapy and keeps me grounded so that I do not lose focus on all the little things my life offers. My husband is the most supportive man and always encourages me to reach for my dreams. My girls are always challenging me to be a better mom and realize that the little things in life are really the big things and the big things in life are really the little things. I have to constantly remind myself to stop and breathe and take in what matters the most. I have had the opportunity to create scrapbooking kits for My Mind's Eye called "Kristie's Creations" and Kristie's Creations- Painted Pieces" in 2005. I feel so blessed.

The funny, strange, not so cute things about me...aka my "isms"...

- I love the smell of clean laundry!!! I smell every (well not every) piece of clean clothes when I fold.- I burn Gold Canyon candles almost everyday! Oh and by the way if you need a rockin consultant, my friend Kim is available!(your welcome, Kim)- I believe that you should always treat others like you want to be treated.-I make lop-sided cakes. I even took a cake class, but darn it just happens!-When I settle into bed at night, I have to have my sheets perfectly straight.- I love to clean.- I make wierd faces, that's according to Lisa and my Husband. Whatever!!!-I do not take out the trash. That is one job, I just can't do.- My husband says when I sleep that I make a sound that sounds like a ventilator. Wierd but he snores sometimes too!:)- I am almost never late and I can't stand when people are. It drives me crazy! I figure if I can get out the door with 4 girls and myself then you should.-I tell my children if they are going stare at someone that is different then them, they need to say "hi" and smile. That leads to my next one...- I am a nurse and I worked with special needs children in home care for 3 years and then worked in Critical Care at Children's Hospital before having my first daughter.-When I am tired, I hit the wall and that's it. I must go to bed very soon. I really need 8 hours of sleep at night or more.- I do not nap, I just can't.- I am a bottled water snob-I must eat breakfast before I eat any other meal for the day. No pizza for breakfast... not this girl!

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

I cleaned today after my daughters dance class and let me just tell you. My downstairs has never been so clean. I cleaned blinds, baseboards, bathrooms, floors, and I even steam cleaned the carpets! I swear I'm not prego ( it isn't possible!:)) but boy, I feel good! Okay, just had to tell everyone. hey, did anyone go to the poppy fields off of Clinton Kieth yet? Alright nighty,night I must get sleep because tomorrow is the upstairs cleaning day!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

I know I have not put up a post since all the excitement of getting the blog so I will try now to post more often. That's my story and I'm stickin to it! So, so much has happen since that first day of my blog. I have been crazy busy with the girls and family things with Easter. We visited this awesome field of poppies by my house and I only took like 300 pics! Then of coarse there was Easter and we also went hiking in Borrego Springs this weekend. That is a story all in its self. Let's just say that 4 little girls, an out of shape mama, a daddy who loves to hike, only 4 bottles of h2o, NO PACIFIER for Emma, NO FOOD, a camera, and a hike that is only suppose to take maybe an hour that turned into 4 hours and trail blazing, that it was an adventure that I will never forget but then again maybe I want to! But guess what? I got AWESOME pics!!!

Ok, now to even better news... I have a class tonite on this acyrlic book. Love it! I also finished my first project that is not for a class but myself. That's a crazy thought but it's the cute crown book using my fave- My Mind's Eye, Dreamy girl collection that is now available at It's About Time Scrapbook Store. So after reading this post, hurry up and get in your car and GO! QUICK before it's all gone or I take it all! Just joking, I will leave some for you. Ok, I have one more thing to share... Last night when I got back from scrapping, I was surfing some of the blogs I like to read and MY BLOG SPOT was marked as a fave from JESSICA GUTHRIE, the fabulous owner of Kits2Remember.com where I get my acrylic for my classes and fun projects. So check it out. That put a smile on my face! Thanks Jessica. So, that's all for now. Look to the right for slides on all the pics of my crazy Borrego Springs trip, my girls in the poppies and my new projects!

Monday, March 17, 2008

I just need to share something that happened to me last week. I had sent some photos to Rusty Pickle of acrylic books that I had did for classes using Rusty Pickle paper. I received an email that they were gorgeous and eye candy and they are going to put them on the blog and put me on the RAK (random acts of kindness- for those of you who do not know, because I did not know what this was until I asked Mel- DUH!!!!:)),for the month. So keep checking rustypickle.com and go to the blog. Yeah for me!!!!!!

Finally, I have started a blog to display my work, classes, pics and whatever else I feel you all need to know! I certainally know I'm not the first but at least I'm not the last!!! Ok that's all for know. I need to fine tune this baby, it will be a work in progress so be patient my friends. Thanks!